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A few more football-related paragraphs (blame it on MGoBlog)

kj on Jan 2nd 2009

Brian is using some of his spare time to consider our football team’s plight.  His main point is quickly conceded, as it’s a point I’ve made repeatedly over the last three months: This is fundamentally a 7-6 football team, not a 9-4 one.  He goes on to cite the following quote from an Atlanta blog, [...]

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Pregame Reading

kj on Dec 13th 2008

Suton’s absence could help Spartans in long run
Not helping our NCAA Tournament seed.
Alcorn State facing constant battles as Division I have-not
Tearjerker.  (Hat tip: Fighting With a Vim.)
Two local recruits closing in on their college decisions
Dion Sims is down to MSU, Ohio State, and Miami.  Dantonio and Izzo say he can play both sports.  Assume he’d [...]

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Dantonio’s Double Timeout

kj on Nov 25th 2008

Against, my better judgment, allow me to weigh in on the Mark Dantonio double-timeout controversy.  (I’m still trying my best to finally take advantage of that “be controversial to increase your blog’s traffic” advice I read somewhere.)
Adam Rittenberg summarizes the facts of the case:
Leading 42-7 entering the fourth quarter, Penn State continued to attack downfield [...]

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Two Links for Tuesday

kj on Sep 9th 2008

Big Ten Geeks have their preview for MSU up.  Travis Walton gets some back-handed compliments.
There’s a new magazine on local sports in the Lansing area called (appropriately) “Sport.”  The first issue is available for free preview (hat tip: Joe Rexrode).  There’s a good piece by Jack Ebling on the new found continuity in the MSU [...]

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